John Conyers: “I would like to turn to my friend, the gentleman from Chicago, Il [Mr.…”

On the recordJune 12, 1997

I would like to turn to my friend, the gentleman from Chicago, Il [Mr. Lipinski], who made the point that it is expressive conduct, but not free speech, in defining the flag burning situation. I would like to ask the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Lipinski] if he has any cases or constitutional theory that would explain how he separated flag burning out of free speech but put it into expressive conduct, which I presume is not covered by the first amendment?

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John Conyers

Democratic · Michigan

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Questioning the distinction between expressive conduct and free speech regarding flag burning.

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John Conyers: “I would like to turn to my friend, the gentleman from Chicago, Il [Mr. Lipinski], who made the point that it is…”

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